Phawngpui National Park or Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is one of the two national parks of India in Mizoram, the other and the larger being Murlen National Park. It is about 300 km from the main city Aizawl, located in the Lawngtlai district, towards the southeast of Mizoram and relatively close to Burma. It bears the name of the mountain Phawngpui, often called the Blue Mountain of Mizoram, which is the highest mountain peak in the state, reaching 2,157 m asl.[1] The national park covers the entire mountain along with the surrounding reserve forest.[2]
The mountain area of Phawngpui is at most times covered by a thin stretch of clouds, which makes it blue in appearance from a distance, hence the name Blue Mountain. The temperature therefore is mild throughout the year ranging from 11-29 °C, with an average rainfall of 3,000 cm.[3] It overlooks the major river Chhimtuipui flowing towards Burma. The edges of the mountains are all very steep and mostly of sharp precipices, and the most spectacular is a semi-circular beautiful cliff on the western side called Thlazuang Khâm, which has a blunt and deep fall.[4] The mountain ridge runs in a north-south direction covering about 10 km. The closest human settlement is Thaltlang village at the base and periphery of the park.[5]
The Government of Mizoram allows ecofriendly visit to the national park only during the dry season, i.e. permit is open for 6 months from November to the end of April. The rest of the season is left for natural development and rejuvenation. During the last opening season, there were 569 visitors including 52 foreigners.[9]
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phawngpui, national, park, phawngpui, blue, mountain, national, park, national, parks, india, mizoram, other, larger, being, murlen, national, park, about, from, main, city, aizawl, located, lawngtlai, district, towards, southeast, mizoram, relatively, close, . Phawngpui National Park or Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is one of the two national parks of India in Mizoram the other and the larger being Murlen National Park It is about 300 km from the main city Aizawl located in the Lawngtlai district towards the southeast of Mizoram and relatively close to Burma It bears the name of the mountain Phawngpui often called the Blue Mountain of Mizoram which is the highest mountain peak in the state reaching 2 157 m asl 1 The national park covers the entire mountain along with the surrounding reserve forest 2 Phawngpui National ParkIUCN category II national park Show map of MizoramShow map of IndiaLocationMizoram IndiaNearest cityAizawlCoordinates22 40 N 93 03 E 22 667 N 93 050 E 22 667 93 050Area50 square kilometres 19 sq mi Established1992Visitors469 in 2012 2013 Governing bodyDepartment of Environment and Forests Government of Mizoram Contents 1 Geography 2 Flora and fauna 3 Tourism 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksGeography editThe mountain area of Phawngpui is at most times covered by a thin stretch of clouds which makes it blue in appearance from a distance hence the name Blue Mountain The temperature therefore is mild throughout the year ranging from 11 29 C with an average rainfall of 3 000 cm 3 It overlooks the major river Chhimtuipui flowing towards Burma The edges of the mountains are all very steep and mostly of sharp precipices and the most spectacular is a semi circular beautiful cliff on the western side called Thlazuang Kham which has a blunt and deep fall 4 The mountain ridge runs in a north south direction covering about 10 km The closest human settlement is Thaltlang village at the base and periphery of the park 5 Flora and fauna editThe Phawngpui National Park provides habitat for a range of birds including the rare Blyth s tragopan falcon sunbirds dark rumped swift and Mrs Hume s pheasant which is the Mizoram state bird and also rare animals like the mountain goat slow loris tiger leopard leopard cat serow goral Asiatic black bear stump tailed macaque and capped langur 6 In 2000 rare bird species were recorded such as mountain bamboo partridge oriental pied hornbill purple cochoa striped laughingthrush grey sibia black eagle and large billed crow 7 The clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa was spotted and documented for the first time in 1997 8 The landscape is the natural habitat of various grasses in fact is the origin of the name phawng in Lai dialect means meadow and pui is the suffix for great The steep slopes are covered by orchids and rhododendrons with areas of bamboos 5 Tourism editThe Government of Mizoram allows ecofriendly visit to the national park only during the dry season i e permit is open for 6 months from November to the end of April The rest of the season is left for natural development and rejuvenation During the last opening season there were 569 visitors including 52 foreigners 9 See also editPhawngpuiReferences edit Phawngpui mizotourism nic in MizoTourism Archived from the original on 3 March 2013 Retrieved 26 June 2013 SC Bhatt GK Bhargava eds 2006 Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories Mizoram Vol 19 Delhi Kalpaz Publications p 153 ISBN 9788178353753 World Wildlife Adventures Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park Mizoram world wildlife adventures com Archived from the original on 27 March 2013 Retrieved 26 June 2013 Pachuau Rintluanga 2009 Mizoram A Study in Comprehensive Geography Northern Book Center p 95 ISBN 978 8172112646 a b Department of Tourism 2012 Mizoram Tourism Phawngpui The Department of Tourism Government of Mizoram Retrieved 26 June 2013 Property Direction 18 April 2013 Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park Mizoram propertydirection com Retrieved 26 June 2013 Choudhury A 2006 Notable bird records from Mizoram in north east India PDF Forktail 22 152 155 Ghose D 2002 First sighting of the clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa from the Blue Mountain National Park Mizoram India PDF Current Science 83 1 20 21 Thla 6 chhungin Rs 10 190 hmu Rs 10 190 collected in 6 months Zothlifim in Mizo 15 May 2013 Archived from the original on 13 July 2015 Retrieved 26 June 2013 External links editIndia Sight The Travel Well Guide Tourism Place India Travel Guide Travel guide at World Domination Mobshare Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phawngpui National Park amp oldid 1204166729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
